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DHAKA, Jan. 10 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi President Abdul Hamid inaugurated the month-long Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF), the biggest annual event in the country, here on Wednesday, reports Xinhua. Like previous years, the fair is being held at the west side of Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC), also known as Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre, in […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2019/1/8 20:38:39 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un started a 4-day visit to China on Monday. This is his fourth China visit since March 2018. Monday is also Kim’s birthday. The detail shows the current closeness in the relationship between the two countries and their top leaders. An important background for Kim’s visit […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 7 (NsNewsWire) — The Mercer’s 2018 Bangladesh Total Remuneration Survey (TRS) was conducted across industries, which had a participation of 90+ organisations from industries like consumer goods, life sciences, chemical manufacturing, hi-tech sector, retail and wholesale & banking/financial services. Furthermore, while forecasts vary widely across specific industries, organisations have noticed a spike in […]
Read MoreBy Yu Jincui Source:Global Times Published: 2019/1/3 19:13:40 The coalition led by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League clinched a landslide victory with an over two-thirds majority in the nation’s 11th parliamentary elections on Sunday. The massive victory gave Hasina a third straight term but Bangladesh’s opposition rejected what it called “farcical” results and […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) — The newly elected members of Bangladesh’s parliament have taken the oath of office amid an opposition boycott following the Dec. 30 parliamentary election. Bangladesh’s Parliament Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury swore in the lawmakers including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at a ceremony in capital Dhaka on Thursday. The MPs from ex-Prime […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 3 (NsNewsWire) — A consortium of companies from the People’s Republic of China—Sichuan Road and Bridge Group, Shamim Enterprise Ltd., and UDC Construction Limited—have signed a concession contract with the Government of Bangladesh to upgrade the Dhaka Bypass under a public-private partnership (PPP) arrangement. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) acted as financial advisor […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2019/1/1 15:33:39 The year of 2019 finally arrives. It will be a fair year for countries which are willing and able to collectively address challenges. Various predictions of worldwide uncertainty in 2019 have been made by several institutions, from US domestic affairs, the Indian general election, a possible geopolitical crisis, to global […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) — Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling Bangladesh Awami League, which clinched a landslide victory in Sunday’s violence-hit general election, will form its new cabinet before Jan. 10, the party’s General Secretary Obaidul Quader said Tuesday. Quader, also the country’s road transport and bridges minister, told journalists that preparations were underway […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2018/12/30 7:10:0 Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump on Saturday held a telephone conversation. The two leaders attach great importance to the development of bilateral relations, and said that the working teams of the two countries are actively promoting the implementation of the consensus reached during their meeting in […]
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